Showing papers in "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health in 1999"

TL;DR: The Western Australian Health Services Research Linked Database is introduced as infrastructure to support aetlologic, utilisation and outcomes research and to compare the study population, data resources, technical systems and organisational supports with international best practice.

TL;DR: This study aimed to establish whether falls and associated injuries were a major problem among healthy, older women, whether there were some common features in the falls, and whether these falls could be accurately predicted.

TL;DR: Critical reflection on experiential knowledge and defining or framing a debate on cultural safety is essential to genuinely address the challenges of Indigenous health and education.

TL;DR: The association between geographical proximity to the coast and physical activity participation levels is examined to examine the association between physical activity Participation levels.

TL;DR: This work argues that social capital doesn't exist, but is being created by those aspects of social relations particular theorists or researchers choose to study in its name, and the choice of these relations is directed by ideology.

TL;DR: Assessment of the acceptability, reliability and validity of the SF‐36 health survey in the New Zealand population and key population norms are provided.

TL;DR: The study examined the dimensionality of dissatisfaction with conventional medicine and the determinants of attitudes towards alternative medicine.

TL;DR: A small number of brief, inexpensive, psychometrically sound scales suitable for use with older people are presented and it is shown that using these scales to assess social support and depression in older people is beneficial.

TL;DR: An accurate national picture of women's understanding of breast cancer incidence, fatality and risk is provided to provide an accurate national Picture of Women's Understanding of Breast Cancer incidence, Fatality and Risk.

TL;DR: The nutritional quality of food in television food advertisements that are targeted at children and aimed at children is examined to examine the nutritional quality in these advertisements.

TL;DR: A range of strategies to address the methodological and practical challenges in designing cross‐cultural public health studies are discussed.

TL;DR: There are substantial methodological and cost advantages in using EWP over RDD as the sampling, frame for population health surveys, without introducing significant bias into health estimates.

TL;DR: The variation in coronary heart disease mortality and acute myocardial infarction by socio‐economic status (SES), country of birth (COB) and geography (urban/rural) in the total population of New South Wales in 1991‐95 is examined.

TL;DR: The prevalence of markers for hepatitis B (HBV), C (HCV) and G (HGV) in a sample of male and female inmates is established and risk factors for HGV infection with known risk factors are compared.

TL;DR: It is important to consider the global context in which the association between society and health is to be explored, with an economy that emphasises the market and a postmodern culture.

TL;DR: The prevalence of illicit drug use among Australian secondary school students is estimated to be about 2.5 times higher than the prevalence of alcohol use among students in the general population.

TL;DR: To evaluate the use of record linkage to monitor the occurrence of end‐stage renal failure in Western Australia in 1980–94, a large number of patients with known histories of renal failure have had records linked to their care in the past.

TL;DR: The dilemmas for cross‐cultural research in translating study instruments and implementing quality assurance methods are described, drawing on strategies utilised in the Mothers in a New Country (MINC) Study.

TL;DR: A rotavirus immunisation program in Australia would be cost-neutral to Australian society at a vaccine price of $26 per dose (or $19 when health care system costs only are considered).

TL;DR: This study examined the extent to which 9–17 year old New Zealanders were exposed to advertising for different food groups over a year and compared New Zealand rates of advertising with a 13‐country study.

TL;DR: To determine the death rates and effect on premature mortality in the Northern Territory of acute rheumatic fever and rheumat heart disease, a large number of patients diagnosed with the disease have had a history of heart disease.

TL;DR: This paper aims to update and validate on health data an occupationally derived indicator of socio‐economic status (SES) adapted to changing occupational and demographic conditions.

TL;DR: The objective is to identify major risk factors for Yersinia enterocolitica {YE) and identify measures to reduce YE infections.

TL;DR: Issues of sample design, statistical analysis and sample size requirements are reviewed, with the aim of providing a simple and accessible explanation of cluster sampling and related technical issues.

TL;DR: Assessment of the prevalence of mental disorders according to smoking status in smokers and non-smokers finds that smoking status is associated with higher levels of mental health problems.

TL;DR: This yet to be evaluated two‐year program offers financial rewards to providers and parents to encourage childhood immunisations in Australia.

TL;DR: Assessment of prevalence and risk factors associated with use of community support services in a representative older Australian population finds that older people are more likely to rely on these services than younger people.

TL;DR: To document the prevalence of same-sex attraction among students in years 10 and 12 in Australian Government high schools and to assess the association between same‐sex attraction, binge drinking and drug injection.

TL;DR: This study aims to investigate the attitudes of injecting drug users (IDUs) towards the establishment of safe injecting rooms (SIRs) in Melbourne, Australia.